From owner-freebsd-doc Thu Oct 17 4:34:57 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1403037B401 for ; Thu, 17 Oct 2002 04:34:56 -0700 (PDT) Received: from nic.upatras.gr (nic.upatras.gr [150.140.129.30]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 4926743E75 for ; Thu, 17 Oct 2002 04:34:48 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from keramida@FreeBSD.org) Received: (qmail 20496 invoked from network); 17 Oct 2002 11:27:41 -0000 Received: from upnet-dialinpool-87.upnet.gr (HELO hades.hell.gr) (150.140.128.167) by nic.upatras.gr with SMTP; 17 Oct 2002 11:27:41 -0000 Received: from hades.hell.gr (hades [127.0.0.1]) by hades.hell.gr (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id g9HBYsL0084816; Thu, 17 Oct 2002 14:34:56 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from keramida@FreeBSD.org) Received: (from keramida@localhost) by hades.hell.gr (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) id g9HBJZ1n082180; Thu, 17 Oct 2002 14:19:35 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from keramida@freebsd.org) Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2002 14:19:35 +0300 From: Giorgos Keramidas To: Udo Erdelhoff Cc: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Please review: new handbook chapter on serial install Message-ID: <20021017111934.GD14331@hades.hell.gr> References: <20021015195849.GA76747@nathan.internal> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20021015195849.GA76747@nathan.internal> Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On 2002-10-15 21:58, Udo Erdelhoff wrote: > + modified boot floppy. The easiest solution (and the only one > + described in this chapter) is to create a modified boot floppy > + because this can be done with the on-board tools of a standard > + installation. [...] I'd probably prefer "system tools" instead of "on-board tools". > + > + Mount the file system on > + kern.flp, create a sutitable suitable. > + After a while, you should see activity on your serial > + console, probably the sppiner, followed by the > + usual start messages from the kernel. `spinner' perhaps? What is this supposed to mean? Are you referring to the spinning character that is visible right before the kernel boots? > + Fixit menu. Just type echo -P > + > /boot.config, exit the shell, quit I usually prefer seeing commands in elements, that stand out a lot better than in running text. The tags are more fit imho for marking up command names that have to be seen as part of a sentence instead of literal terminal output. My suggestion for this part would something like: &prompt.root; echo -P > /boot.config Giorgos. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message